Danny Sugerman

Manager of "the Doors"

Male

BornOct 11, 1954

Daniel Stephen "Danny" Sugerman was the second manager of the Los Angeles-based rock band The Doors, and wrote several books about Jim Morrison and The Doors, including No One Here Gets Out Alive, and the autobiography Wonderland Avenue. Sugerman replaced the original Doors manager, Bill Siddons, shortly after Morrison's death in 1971. He helped film director Oliver Stone with the production of the 1991 movie The Doors.… Read More

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'\n Ray Manzarek, Doors keyboardist, dies \n\n\n Ray Manzarek, the founding member and keyboard player for the Doors whose haunting and sweetly melodic organ riffs loomed large in the psychedelic rock era, died Monday at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany.\n\nFormed in 1965, when Mr. Manzarek had a chance encounter with aspiring poet and film student Jim Morrison at Venice Beach, the band went on to sell more than 100 million albums worldwide, with hits like \"Light My Fi...

'In 1980, manager <mark>Danny Sugerman</mark> published the biography No One Here Gets Out Alive. A new generation discovered him. By 1981, Morrison was on the cover of Rolling Stone, beside the headline: &quot;He&#39;s hot, he&#39;s sexy and he&#39;s dead'

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Sugerman also managed Iggy Pop for a period, and produced his song "Repo Man". He also wrote Appetite For Destruction: The Days of Guns N' Roses in 1991.
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Danny also wrote the lyrics to Tom Petty's "She was an American Girl." According to Danny the song was inspired by a lover, the morning she realized the she was going leave Danny and to return to her husband and normal life. Read Less

Sugerman married Fawn Hall of the Iran–Contra affair fame in 1991 and they remained married until his death.
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They briefly met MP3.com co-founder Rod Underhill while Hall was employed there. Underhill later stated that "Sugerman was very interesting. He had appeared to go out of his way to appear visually like Jim Morrison. Same type of haircut, similar clothing. The similarity was uncanny." Sugerman discussed his idolisation of Morrison in detail, as part of 'Wonderland Avenue'. Read Less

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200550 Years Old
Sugerman was a recovering heroin addict who found solace in Buddhism. He died on January 5, 2005 after a prolonged struggle with lung cancer, and was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.